My smartphone has MS Office compatible word processor, spreadsheet, and database
Yeah, but without a proper full-sized input device, how productive are you really going to be in those applications? I *hate* the touchscreen "keyboard" on the iPhone, and the teeny-tiny chicklet keys on Crackberrys and Treos aren't any better. Don't get me started on using the Wiimote to hunt and peck in Wii Opera (which is why Nintendo was totally right to introduce the USB keyboard driver).
About the best mobile device keyboard I've seen is the slide-out one on the HTC line of smartphones, but even then, composing something that's even the length of this post would take way longer and be way more of a PITA than it's worth.
I'm still not sold on ditching my laptop for a smartphone just yet.
I bought a Wii for my son last Christmas. And, he doesn't ever play it. But, everyday when I come home from work and pick him up from school, he can't wait to get home and play Super Smash Bros with me on his Game Cube. Not to nitpick, but why do you still have a Gamecube if you've got a Wii? It'll play those little discs just fine...
I like how that guy spent $20,000 on audio equipment, but can't do 30 seconds of research. I really need some clients like him.:) Yeah, I've got some Monster Cables with thermonuclear ghost shielding and unobtainum plug tips for that guy. Sure, they cost $5,000 more than, you know, regular thick-gauge cable, but the true connoisseur will instantly be able to tell the difference. After all, they have evolved their sense of hearing into something more refined than we mere mortals can comprehend. Because they are such better people than the rest of us, we should kneel prostrate before them and worship them as gods among men!
Yeah, I never understood the idea behind having Tom be everyone's default friend when they joined MySpace. The first thing I did when I was goaded into creating a MySpace account was delete Tom as my friend. I always thought the idea of a social network was that it was made up of people you actually knew. You could see who was in your friends' networks and meet cool new people that you might actually like... it worked like a Tivo for relationships. When everyone on MySpace is friends with Tom, then by default, everyone is in the same social network. That works well if your ultimate goal of being on a social networking site is to rack up as many "friends" as possible to stroke your pathetic pre-pubescent ego (which obviously is the demographic MySpace is going for). However, the vast majority of the people I see on MySpace seem like the kind of douchebags I go out of my way to avoid in the real world... and they're all Tom's friends. Why in the hell would I want them in my "expanded" network?
I sent such an email. Was then called into the managers office and told in no uncertain terms that if I sent an email like that again I'd be kicked out of the building. They don't like that stuff because it's tracable.
Seriously, I know you value your paycheck, but LEAVE. It sounds like your company has serious ethical deficiencies that border on criminality. Based on the fact that they're asking you to do something illegal and refuse to listen to the voice of reason-- especially in light of the fact that they told you you'd be out on your ass for bringing this up in a traceable forum-- you really need to remove yourself from such a toxic work environment. The stress of having to find another job pales in comparison to the stress of being the fall guy when their scheme is discovered.
One of the major problems the iPhone will have in adoption-- at least among real estate agents (a HUGE smartphone market)-- is its lack of an IR emitter. Most modern electronic lockboxes, which keep records of which agents have shown a property and provide good, targeted feedback data about interest in a property, require a Palm device or smartphone with IR to open them. Add to that the announcement that Cingular and Apple won't allow third-party apps, and you've basically shut out any professionals who need a smartphone to do real work. Since I'm not an agent and don't have to worry about all that kind of stuff, I would personally love to get my hands on one... but not until they drop in price at least $200, and not until I can get one on my cell carrier. I give it 5 years.
I thought I'd be waiting until at least spring as well, but I just happened to be in my local big-box store two days before Christmas, and they just happened to be stocking the shelves with 5 Wiis as I watched. Apparently they were sitting in the stockroom unnoticed; I grabbed one immediately, as did two other people standing there with me. As I was walking out of the store, a couple of people saw what I had in hand and started *running* towards the electronics department. Sometimes you just find yourself in the right place at the right time. Christmas miracles really do happen!
Releasing Picasa for OSX would be the sweetness!! Meh. OS X already ships with the very excellent iPhoto. What would Picasa bring to the table? Don't get me wrong, I love Picasa... on the PC. It's as close as iPhoto as you can get on that platform. On my Macbook, however, I just can't justify filling my limited hard drive space up with redundant apps.
And no, Hizbollah weren't in the right either... but they don't get $5billion from anyone either.
Actually, it is thought that Hizbollah receives anywhere from US$65-200M per year from Iran. This is admittedly small potatoes compared to the US support of Israel, and many of those "estimates" have been used as rhetorical ammunition to gain politial and public support for an invasion of Iran (a phenomonally bad idea, IMHO). But Hizbollah does receive outside funding.
Ironically, that war even increased the price of oil.
Replace "ironically" with "as expected." ExxonMobil just today posted the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded company in the US. The oil companies are making out quite literally like bandits in the night. Anyone who thinks this war was ever about "bringing democracy to Iraq" is drinking the kool-aid. This war has been incredibly lucrative for a handful of companies.
Now excuse me while I dodge the flames from all of those people out there who will accuse me of Bush-bashery, anti-Americanism, and aiding and comforting "the terr'ists" with my seditious, yet amazingly accurate, viewpoint.
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My smartphone has MS Office compatible word processor, spreadsheet, and database
Yeah, but without a proper full-sized input device, how productive are you really going to be in those applications? I *hate* the touchscreen "keyboard" on the iPhone, and the teeny-tiny chicklet keys on Crackberrys and Treos aren't any better. Don't get me started on using the Wiimote to hunt and peck in Wii Opera (which is why Nintendo was totally right to introduce the USB keyboard driver).
About the best mobile device keyboard I've seen is the slide-out one on the HTC line of smartphones, but even then, composing something that's even the length of this post would take way longer and be way more of a PITA than it's worth.
I'm still not sold on ditching my laptop for a smartphone just yet.
Jackie Harvey, is that you?
I'm actually glad it was released early...
Vista was released early? Now that's rich!
I bought a Wii for my son last Christmas. And, he doesn't ever play it. But, everyday when I come home from work and pick him up from school, he can't wait to get home and play Super Smash Bros with me on his Game Cube.
Not to nitpick, but why do you still have a Gamecube if you've got a Wii? It'll play those little discs just fine...
I like how that guy spent $20,000 on audio equipment, but can't do 30 seconds of research. I really need some clients like him. :)
Yeah, I've got some Monster Cables with thermonuclear ghost shielding and unobtainum plug tips for that guy. Sure, they cost $5,000 more than, you know, regular thick-gauge cable, but the true connoisseur will instantly be able to tell the difference. After all, they have evolved their sense of hearing into something more refined than we mere mortals can comprehend. Because they are such better people than the rest of us, we should kneel prostrate before them and worship them as gods among men!
Yeah, I never understood the idea behind having Tom be everyone's default friend when they joined MySpace. The first thing I did when I was goaded into creating a MySpace account was delete Tom as my friend.
I always thought the idea of a social network was that it was made up of people you actually knew. You could see who was in your friends' networks and meet cool new people that you might actually like... it worked like a Tivo for relationships.
When everyone on MySpace is friends with Tom, then by default, everyone is in the same social network. That works well if your ultimate goal of being on a social networking site is to rack up as many "friends" as possible to stroke your pathetic pre-pubescent ego (which obviously is the demographic MySpace is going for). However, the vast majority of the people I see on MySpace seem like the kind of douchebags I go out of my way to avoid in the real world... and they're all Tom's friends. Why in the hell would I want them in my "expanded" network?
Seriously, I thought Don Herbert died in like 1989. Shows how much I know.
Funny, I work with a guy who did the exact opposite.
He became an arsonist?
Nice. Let's wipe out whole civilizations we don't even know about yet!
I sent such an email. Was then called into the managers office and told in no uncertain terms that if I sent an email like that again I'd be kicked out of the building. They don't like that stuff because it's tracable.
Seriously, I know you value your paycheck, but LEAVE. It sounds like your company has serious ethical deficiencies that border on criminality. Based on the fact that they're asking you to do something illegal and refuse to listen to the voice of reason-- especially in light of the fact that they told you you'd be out on your ass for bringing this up in a traceable forum-- you really need to remove yourself from such a toxic work environment. The stress of having to find another job pales in comparison to the stress of being the fall guy when their scheme is discovered.
Do what's best for YOU and get out!
Is the iPhone a toy?
One of the major problems the iPhone will have in adoption-- at least among real estate agents (a HUGE smartphone market)-- is its lack of an IR emitter. Most modern electronic lockboxes, which keep records of which agents have shown a property and provide good, targeted feedback data about interest in a property, require a Palm device or smartphone with IR to open them. Add to that the announcement that Cingular and Apple won't allow third-party apps, and you've basically shut out any professionals who need a smartphone to do real work.
Since I'm not an agent and don't have to worry about all that kind of stuff, I would personally love to get my hands on one... but not until they drop in price at least $200, and not until I can get one on my cell carrier. I give it 5 years.
The "Hollywood special" from a few moths back.
Mothra?
...But in a post-9/11 U.S.A...
Jon Katz, is that you?
I thought I'd be waiting until at least spring as well, but I just happened to be in my local big-box store two days before Christmas, and they just happened to be stocking the shelves with 5 Wiis as I watched. Apparently they were sitting in the stockroom unnoticed; I grabbed one immediately, as did two other people standing there with me. As I was walking out of the store, a couple of people saw what I had in hand and started *running* towards the electronics department.
Sometimes you just find yourself in the right place at the right time. Christmas miracles really do happen!
Yeah, open source COKE man! Let's stick it to those Colombian cartels!
Hey, it sure beats the idea of pasty, overweight geeks posting their naked photos online...
Releasing Picasa for OSX would be the sweetness!!
Meh. OS X already ships with the very excellent iPhoto. What would Picasa bring to the table?
Don't get me wrong, I love Picasa... on the PC. It's as close as iPhoto as you can get on that platform. On my Macbook, however, I just can't justify filling my limited hard drive space up with redundant apps.
Was is a Ferarri cake or just an Acura cake?
Jeez, haven't we been through all this before? The internet is a series of tubes...
Actually, it is thought that Hizbollah receives anywhere from US$65-200M per year from Iran. This is admittedly small potatoes compared to the US support of Israel, and many of those "estimates" have been used as rhetorical ammunition to gain politial and public support for an invasion of Iran (a phenomonally bad idea, IMHO). But Hizbollah does receive outside funding.
If that was a troll, then sir, I salute you.
If it was legit, then you have my deepest sympathies.
Replace "ironically" with "as expected." ExxonMobil just today posted the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded company in the US. The oil companies are making out quite literally like bandits in the night. Anyone who thinks this war was ever about "bringing democracy to Iraq" is drinking the kool-aid. This war has been incredibly lucrative for a handful of companies.
Now excuse me while I dodge the flames from all of those people out there who will accuse me of Bush-bashery, anti-Americanism, and aiding and comforting "the terr'ists" with my seditious, yet amazingly accurate, viewpoint.
Hello, I'm an electric car
I can't go very fast, or very far
and if you drive me,
people will think you're gay
("one of us, one of us!")
...Or my favorite: "Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole."
"...so if you're the kind of person who enjoys reading books about how to sell indie games, you should read this book. That's my book report."
Ahh, you must be a scholar of the principles of the monkeysphere.